Ayumi Hamasaki
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Ayumi Hamasaki (浜崎あゆみ Hamasaki Ayumi, born October 2, 1978) is a Japanese female singer.
Born and raised in Fukuoka, she released her debut single "Poker face" in 1998. Her next four singles performed modestly, but her first album released in 1999 became highly successful selling over a million copies. To date, she has released eight full-length studio albums, one mini albums, 40 singles, four greatest hits albums, and several remix albums. Selling over 50 million copies, she is the fourth top-selling artist in the history of Japan. Her best-selling album is her 2001 greatest hits album A BEST which sold over four million copies.
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[change] Cultural impact
Her cultural impact has influenced mostly high school girls. Since gaining her superstar status in 2000, she has made many appearances in fashion magazines such as "ViVi" and "Popteen." She is the popularizer of oversized glasses and fake fox tails. When she became the face of cosmetics company "Kose Visee", the company sold more than 500,000 lipsticks in two days.
[change] Discography
[change] Studio albums
- A Song for XX (1999)
- LOVEppears (1999)
- A EP (2001)
- Duty (2000)
- I am... (2002)
- RAINBOW (2002)
- H EP (2002)
- MY STORY (2004)
- (miss)understood) (2006)
- Secret (2006)
- Memorial address EP (2003)
- & EP (20??)
[change] Greatest hits
- A BEST (2001)
- A BALLADS (2003)
- A BEST II (2007)
